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Outlet (Melvern) Campground
Melvern Lake, KS, November 2025 Today was a day of exploring. Whenever we see a new park or campground close to where we are staying we like to take a day trip to see if the location could be a future camping site. Today’s adventure was visiting a Corp of Engineer managed area that included…
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Another Rainy Day Excursion
Pomona Lake, KS, October 2025 It’s another rainy day that should last through tomorrow afternoon. The National Weather Service has issued an advisory for high winds (20 to 39 mph with gusts up to 45) between 7 pm tonight until 10 am tomorrow, so I thought it would be a good day for a road…
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Clinton State Park, KS 2024 Campsite Photos
Lawrence Kansas, September 2024 We stayed 2 weeks in Clinton State Park, KS in 2024 and I did not create a blog with the campsite pictures. In 2025, we plan to stay another 2 weeks in Clinton SP. I’m adding the photos to the website to assist with trailer setup. My favorite picture from 2024…
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Palisades State Park
Garretson, SD, August 2025 Today was supposed to be a reasonably nice day with sun and no rain. So, we decided to visit Palisades State Park in South Dakota which is about 45 minutes from our current campground. We set the car GPS and off we went. Needless to say, the car GPS took us…
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Deer Park Campground Buffalo, WY to Yellowstone River Campground Billings, MT
Billings, Montana, May 2025 Park Information: Phone / Internet service Driving Directions (166 miles) Note: if you drive too far you will end up at the KOA campground. Rest Areas Site Information Site Pictures
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Guernsey State Park to Deer Park Campground, WY
Buffalo, Wyoming, May 2025 Park Information: Phone / Internet service Driving Directions (226 miles) Rest Areas Other rest stops exist but require taking interstate exit. In some instances, the road before and into the rest area has multiple animal grates to cross. bumpety bump bump 🙂 Site Information Site Pictures Laundromat facilities $2 per wash,…
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Deer Park Campground Day 1
Buffalo, Wyoming, May 2025 We are at Deer Park Campground which is a private campground off Interstate 25 and 90. It’s located just east of Bighorn National Forest. For the adventuresome, you can drive through Bighorn National Forest to get to Yellowstone. Though the mountains and road closures could be an issue. I am not…
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St. Vrain to Guernsey SP Wyoming: Information and Driving Directions
Guernsey State Park, WY, April 2025 Park Information: Phone / Internet service Driving Directions (177 miles) Rest Areas Site Information Site Pictures Trail Map
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Shady Grove to St. Vrain State Park: Information and Driving Directions
St. Vrain State Park, CO, April 2025 General Park Information Internet / Mobile Service Driving Directions – 157 miles Rest Areas Campsite details Campsite pictures
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Cedar Bluff SP to Shady Grove Campground – Information and Directions
Shady Grove Campground, CO, April 2025 One of the more notable features is a red pay phone. That actually works. This is first park with a pay phone feature especially in the days of everyone having a cell phone. My guess is that some cell phone carriers don’t have service The town did not have…